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Coco Grove Beach Resort

Coco Grove Beach Resort

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Coco Grove Beach Resort is located in Siquijor, Philippines and guests can arrive from a Manila to Dumaguete flight, then take several transfer options to Siquijor and Coco Drove. There are at least four flights daily from Manila to Dumaguete via Cebu Pacific and Philippine Airlines. Siquijor is a tiny island province located in the Central Visayas region. During the Spanish colonial period, it was known as the Isla del Fuego (Island of Fire). The island is famous for its mountain-dwelling "mangkukulam" (healers) and mystical traditions that still attract tourists to rituals and festivals today.

Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort
Coco Grove Beach Resort WEATHER
Coco Grove Beach Resort has a total of ninety-one rooms, three swimming pools, three restaurants, and Garden and Pool Bars. The resort offers seven main types of accommodation: standard, deluxe, superior cottage, executive, villa suite, villa premier, and the penthouse. All rooms have air conditioning, cable channels with a 32” TV, stocked mini-bar, power with a backup generator, a hot/cold shower, a private veranda, room to room calls, and an inclusive breakfast for two. The deluxe and standard rooms have wheelchair access and the cottages have kitchenettes. The penthouse has wi-fi and is ideal for honeymooners. With 800 meters of white beach surrounded by turquoise water, Coco Grove Beach Resort offers complete relaxation and rejuvenation. Enjoy and relax in surroundings of complete nature, from tropical gardens, crystal blue sea to spectacular marine life, and unbelievable sunsets, all on a long white sandy beach. All rooms except the Penthouse are accessible by wheelchair.
The resort dive center offers PADI and SSI courses. If a guest is not sure which way to get certified or which diving school you want to share a recreational dive with, the professionally trained instructors and divemasters at the dive center will walk through the different options with you. The dive center can arrange trips to any of the twenty-three dive sites surrounding Siquijor Island. These include sites such as Tubod Marine Sanctuary, Solangon, Paliton Wall, Paliton Staghorn, Sunken Island, West Point, Tonga Point, Daquit Shoal, and Tulapus Sanctuary. The resort’s dive shop offers rental equipment as well as a full range of PADI and SSI dive courses. Dive tours to Apo Island are also available. The dive center offers nitrox but does not support technical diving or rebreathers.
Established in 1989, the Tubod marine sanctuary encompasses more than 7 hectares of teeming coral reef with intermittent sandy areas and seagrass beds. Situated in front of the southern section of the resort, this sanctuary is a boon to the surrounding areas as it provides a nursery for fish life and it also ensures that fish stock is constantly replenished as this abundance inevitably spills over into the adjacent reefs and coral slopes. The sanctuary is easily accessible from the beach of the resort and divers can either enter from the shore or use a boat and moor on to any of the buoys placed conveniently on either side of the sanctuary. Within the sanctuary, which is clearly marked by a line of white buoys all along its boundaries, motorized boats are not allowed to enter or anchor and fishing is not allowed.
The resort has seven different boats. The Coco Princess is a 98-foot motor yacht that carries a maximum of 80 people. The Coco Adventurer and Esmeralda are used for island hopping to Apo Island and Oslob Whale Shark Tours. There is also a glass-bottom boat, speed boat, traditional paraw, and a banana boat.
Diving in Siquijor is available all year round as the island is unaffected by the extreme monsoons found in much of the Philippines. Air temperatures are normally 24° C to 33° C. Water temperatures are normally 26° C to 30° C.
SiquiJor is provided hyperbaric services by PCSSD Hyperbaric Chamber, Mandaue City, Cebu.
Narrative text and photographs courtesy of the Coco Grove Beach Resort.



Dive Conditions

There are three seasons that affect the diving conditions in the Philippines. The northeast monsoon brings strong winds from December to March. The southwest monsoon affects the months of July through November which are wet but the ocean waters are warm. April through June are the dry months with very little winds.
November to May is the dry season in the Philippines, offering little to no rain and a nice hot and humid weather. This period of time is often considered as the best time to dive in the Philippines and is the most popular time to visit the country. Regardless, the diving season in the Philippines runs year-round, keeping in mind that some of the areas and certain marine life sightings are either seasonal or weather dependent, this includes Tubbataha which can only be dived around the months of March to June. During the wet season, typically runs from May to October, most of the dive sites remain great, the waters are warmer, and divers have the advantage of having uncrowded sites. Typhoons may occur during the wet season, particularly around July to September.
Tubbataha Reefs National Park – amazing biodiversity. Tubbataha is home to no less than 600 species of fish, 360 species of corals (about 50% of the coral species in the world), 11 species of sharks (including tiger sharks, whale sharks, and whitetips), 13 species of dolphins and whales, nesting hawksbill and green sea turtles. You can also see manta rays, schools of barracuda and tuna, and smaller marine life like nudibranchs, ornate ghost pipefish, seahorses, and frogfish.
Anilao, Batangas – best muck diving. The long list of small-scale sea life and critters that you can find in Anilao includes nudibranchs, frogfish, seahorses, cuttlefish, and pipefish. But don't leave your wide-angle lens at home. Beautiful coral reefs, turtles, huge schools of jacks, jellyfish, and the occasional reef sharks await in Anilao.
Dauin, Dumaguete – the luxury destination. The variety of marine life that you can find along the Dauin Coast include various types of frogfish, dragonets, pipefish, nudibranchs, blue-ring octopuses, bobtail squids, mandarin fish, seahorses, cardinalfish (with eggs), various shrimps and crabs. The main diving season in Dumaguete is October to early June, but the prolific marine life of Dauin can be found all year round, so there’s no worry of missing out.
Moaboal, Cebu – amazing sardine baitballs. Scuba diving in Moalboal is diverse and very vibrant. Think big schools of fish, beautiful walls, canyons and caves, and fascinating macro life. Pescador Island offers some of the best dives in the Philippines, featuring a dramatic wall with colorful soft corals teeming with anthias. Then there is a large cathedral on the west side of Pescador which makes a nice background for dramatic underwater shots. You can also see schools of barracuda, beautiful caves, reef sharks, and also smaller marine life like nudibranchs and frogfish
Puerto Galera, Mindoro – stunning white sand beaches and diverse dive sites. Canyons provide plenty of action with strong currents. For divers interested in wrecks, the three sunken boats of the Sabang Wrecks offer a fascinating dive trip. Don't forget to include a day trip to dive at Verde Island during your stay in Puerto Galera. Its passage is known to offer some of the highest biodiversity in the Philippines. Nudibranchs, reef octopuses, frogfish, and seahorses can be seen in abundance in Puerto Galera. There are also many stunning soft and hard corals to be found while exploring the reefs of this dream destination. Like most of the Philippines, Puerto Galera can be dived all-year-round.
Anda, Bohol – the hidden gem. There are 17 kilometers of coastline to explore in Anda, with a good mix of walls, slopes and sandy muck dive sites as well as coral gardens. The diverse underwater topography and critter population in Anda are really worth exploring. Divers can see pygmy seahorses, skeleton shrimps, anemone shrimps, dragon sea moths, mantis shrimps, Napoleon snake eels, nudibranchs, and mating mandarin fish. Turtles and beautiful reef fish can also be seen in the area. Anda can also be dived all-year-round.
Malapascua, Cebu – thresher sharks abound. Malapascua is known to be the best place in the world to see thresher sharks. This tiny oasis is the only place in the world where thresher sharks are consistently seen daily. Combine that with its pristine waters and milky-white beaches, and divers have a perfect destination for a dive vacation.
Coron Bay, Palawan – the destination for wreck dives. The historical World War II shipwrecks of Coron are unique. Coron Bay used to be the harbor for World War II Japanese warships. Eleven of these ships were sunk during an air attack in September 1944. Today the wrecks of serve as reef systems, supporting a number of marine critters. Some of the residents of these wrecks include scorpionfish, nudibranchs, cuttlefish, and octopuses. Divers see the occasional reef shark or stingray, hovering near the wrecks.